Doylestown House--Stairwell

1917

Charles Sheeler

Artist, American, 1883 - 1965

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 16.9 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    mount: 40.6 × 30.6 cm (16 × 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1998.19.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Saundra Lane, Lunenburg, MA; purchased with funds donated from the New Century Fund by NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

1975

  • Friedman, Martin. Charles Sheeler. New York, 1975: p. 24.

1987

  • Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr., and Norman Keyes, Jr. Charles Sheeler: The Photographs. Exh. cat. Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1987: pl. 19.

1997

  • Lucic, Karen. Charles Sheeler in Doylestown: American Modernism and the Pennsylvania Tradition. Exh. cat. Allentown Art Museum. Allentown (Pennsylvania), 1997: pl. 9.

Inscriptions

all by later hands: lower left verso in graphite: 39.832; all on mount: upper center verso in graphite: 11 1/4; center verso: William H. Lane Foundation label with typed additions: Charles Sheeler / Stairwell / 1915 Photo 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; National Collection of Fine Arts label with typed additions: T.L.47.1968.1110 / Charles Sheeler / Stairwell / Lent anonymously; 11 (circled); left center verso in graphite: 15; lower left verso in graphite: 66 7/8 x 16 1/4 / L95.3.65

Wikidata ID

Q64145812

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